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penny-pincher

/ˈpeni pɪntʃə/noun

उच्चारण पेनी पिन्च

कंजूस, एक-एक पैसा बचाने वाला व्यक्ति

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C] informal, disapproving

    a person who spends as little money as possible

    कंजूस, एक-एक पैसा बचाने वाला व्यक्ति

    • Our landlord is a penny-pincher who never fixes anything.
    • Radhika is no penny-pincher; she happily pays for her friends' tea.
    • He is such a penny-pincher that he walks to avoid paying the bus fare.
    + 2 more examples
    • Don't be a penny-pincher; buy the better quality one.
    • The shopkeeper is a notorious penny-pincher.

    Synonyms miser skinflint

    Opposite spendthrift

◇Word family
penny-pinching adjective